Wheel.



No. 744,959. PATE'NTED NOV. 24, p03.

W. DEWAR.

WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1902.

N0 MODEL' No. 744,95b.

Patented November 24, 1903.

PATENT Trina WILLIAM DEWAR, on JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Eatent No. 74%,959, dated November24, 1903.

Application filed September 15,1902. Serial No. 123,554. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown thatI, WILLIAM DEWAR, a citizen of the United States,residingin the city of Joliet, in Will county, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in /Vheels, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to wheels, while. it more particularly relates towheels composed in the main of metal; and its object is to provide adurable wheel of comparatively small cost to manufacturer.

To this end it consists in the features of construction and combinationhereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims heretoannexed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference-lettersindicate the same or corresponding parts, Figure l is a side elevationof one form of my improved wheel, and Fig. 2 is a sectional View takenon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction indicated by thearrows at the extremities of said line.

In constructing the form of my device shown in the drawings I punch orpress out of sheet metal (preferably from sheet-steel) two sections ofthe wheel, each of which sec tions comprises substantially ahalf-section of the wheel-rin1 a, spokes a, and hub receiving andshielding sockets or members (0 When the two sections above referred tohave been formed in the manner described, the hub proper, B, may beinserted between the hub-receiving members a and the fiat orsubstantially fiat surfaces a designed to abut against each other, maybe brought together in such manner as to completely form hollow spokesand rim and hub-retaining means a Following this the sections may berigidly secured to each other by any suitable means, as by the bolts orrivets a or by brazing them together. The wheel-rim a is so formed thatitsperipheral flanges come together edge to edge and form anapproximately cylindrical surface, which constitutes an uninterruptedbearing-surface for the tire C. When the wheel parts have been securedtogether, said tire is fastened to and about the rim portions Ct to holdthem firmly together.

In Fig. 2 the tire O is shown as slightly concavedon its inner face toreceive in said concavity the face a of the rim. This form of tire maybe sweated or otherwise suitably adjusted upon the rim. The members aare provided at their outer extremities with substantially annularflanges a, and the extremities of the hub are scored to receive saidflanges.

It is apparent that, if desired, spokes a, of wood or of any suitablematerial, may be inserted within the hollow spokes a, that arim c ofwood or of any suitable material, may be inserted within the hollow rim(1, and that the number, size, and form of the various parts of myimproved device may be greatly varied without departing from theprinciple of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, an d desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isa 1; Awheel, comprisingahub; atire; aweb; ahuh-receiving member; and a wheel-rim formed by pressing or stampingsaid members in two pieces from sheet metal and thereafter securing saidpieces to each other, the peripheral flanges of said wheel-rim comingtogether edge to edge and forming an uninterrupted and approximatelycylindrical bearing-surface for supporting said tire; and said tirebeing fastened to and about said rim portions to thereby hold the samefirmly together.

2. A wheel comprising a web; a hub-receiving member as a provided at itsouter extremity with the substantially annular flanges a and a wheel-rimformed by pressing or stamping said members in two pieces from sheetmetal and thereafter securing said pieces to each other; a tire; andahub, the extremities whereof are scored to receive said flanges.

WILLIAM DEWAR.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. HILL, I-I. YJMIonAnLsoN.

